From the New York Times bestselling author of Overwhelmed, comes a deeply reported exploration of why American work isn’t working and how our lives can be made more meaningful.
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BRIGID SCHULTE
Director of the Better Life Lab & The Good Life Initiative at New America
Author of the NY Times Bestseller Overwhelmed, and Over Work (2024)
Brigid Schulte works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change to ensure that all people have the opportunity to life a rich, full and wholehearted life. She’s an award-winning journalist, think tank program director, keynote speaker and author of Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life and the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, gender and modern life, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time. She was an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine and was part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. She serves as the director of the Better Life Lab at New America, using the power of story to reimagine better work, family, gender, and care. She hosts the Better Life Lab podcast on Slate. Exclusively represented by BrightSight Speakers, Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, the Financial Times, the Guardian, Time, Slate, U.S. News & World Report, New York Magazine, Fast Company, CNN, and many others. She is a frequent television, radio and podcast guest and has been quoted in numerous media outlets.
Schulte holds an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Speech topics
Speech topics
Thriving in Work and Life
Thriving in Work and Life
In this powerful keynote, bestselling author Brigid Schulte draws on cutting-edge research, global best practices and inspiring stories of visionaries and leaders who are transforming work and life. She challenges the myths that keep us trapped in overwhelm, busywork and burnout, and offers a new path forward, showing how we can find balance and purpose in our work to reclaim our most precious resource: our time.
Over Work: The Future of Better Work, Care and Wellbeing
Over Work: The Future of Better Work, Care and Wellbeing
Long, shapeless work hours. Second jobs and side gigs to make ends meet. Burnout and life-threatening work stress. Post-pandemic return to office fights. Not enough time to take care of ourselves and loved ones or the joy of life. Future of work fears. It’s clear that work is not working and we’re ready for a change. In this talk, journalist and author Brigid Schulte shows us how to start. Through compelling best practices research and the engaging stories of visionaries and change agents from around the globe seeking not just to tweak the margins, but change the way we think about, do and value work, Schulte shows how when we put a premium on human wellbeing, the future of work and life will be better for everyone.
Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time
Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time
Americans work among the longest hours of any advanced economy, driven by the belief that that’s what “ideal workers” do and that busyness is a badge of honor. We expect women to do most of the care work because believe that women are “naturally” better are caregiving, even though research – and our own experience – shows that’s not true. And we believe that leisure is a waste of time. Drawing on her extensive research for her best-selling book and in her role as director of The Better Life Lab at New America, journalist and author Brigid Schulte uses stories, case studies and data to take on these three big myths that shape our lives and lead to Overwhelm and shows there’s a better way, one that leads to more time for meaningful work, love and play.
How to Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life
How to Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life
Whether you are working from home or working onsite, leadership can sometimes leave you feeling burnt out. You want to give the job and your team all you’ve got, but do you really have to give it ALL you’ve got? Can you also have an enriching personal life and find joy outside of work while also being a great leader? Can you encourage and give permission to your team to do the same? Join Brigid Schulte, author of How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, as she shares how you can make it all work and enjoy a better life.
Books
Books
Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life
In Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life, journalist and author Brigid Schulte takes readers deep into the causes and painful consequences of a broken system, then offers a hopeful way forward.
Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time
Overwhelmed is a book about time pressure and modern life.
Podcast
Podcast
The Better Life Lab podcast from Slate and New America will show you why work-life balance seems so unattainable for so many people—and what we as individuals, can do to achieve it.
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